He followed this promise by bringing his band to the country for a very special – and loud – one-off gig.

With tickets ranging between $175 and $250, the gig sold out quickly. Merchandise sales also went to the NZ Government’s Christchurch Earthquake Appeal. The final figure going to charity is NZ$354,903. The band also played a gig in Australia that raised Aus$770,717 for victims of Brisbane’s horrific floods.

“The overwhelming success of the concerts and the more than $1 million raised across the two countries shows how much the Foos care for the people of Australia and New Zealand and they displayed this by staging two of the more memorable rock shows in recent times,” said Frontier Touring Company spokesman Michael Gudinski.

It was a ballroom full of gay hunks, but Pamela Anderson drew the loudest catcalls as she and Vivienne Westwood named PETA US Vice President Dan Mathews Activist of the Year at Winq magazine’s Men of the Year Awards in London this week.
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